Prime Day Deal Alert: Marshall’s Stanmore Speaker Is Now At Its Lowest Price Ever

5 Highly Effective Ways to Respond to Pricing Questions

Discover how to answer the buyer's pricing question before you've established value or crafted a solution.

Man Builds a Dream Home in Just Six Weeks at an Incredible Price

Have you ever yearned to retreat to your dream home every day? How about being able to escape in nature with your very own little dwelling surrounded by mango trees? This might sound like a dream with a hefty price tag, but Steve Areen made that a reality. Areen, a wandering and nature-loving adventurous soul, never quite pictured himself living in a conventional home with a white picket fence, but never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd be able to build…

Bose's latest speaker is a DIY building kit for kids and inquisitive adults

Usually when Bose promotes their products they focus on things like fidelity, sleek design, and room-filling sound. Their new Cube speaker, however, is all about bringing STEM learning to kids. The Cube is …

When Is it Worth Haggling for a Better Price?

Whether I'm buying something used or paying for a service, I'm never sure when it's acceptable—or even worthwhile to haggle. Are there certain things I should always haggle for?

How speakers make sound

Speakers (also called loudspeakers) push and pull surrounding air molecules in waves that the human ear interprets as sound. You could even say that hearing is movement detection. So what makes a speaker travel back and forth at just the right rate and distance, and how does that make sound?

Can speakers be placed horizontally?

What happens if you take a bookshelf speaker and place it on its side to fire horizontally, as opposed to its originally intended vertical position?

Are power amps matched to speakers?

Do power amplifier designers match their creations with specific speakers or are they more generalized in their designs?

Considering A Manufactured Home?

Forget what you think you know about manufactured homes. With prices averaging $71,300, they might just be the affordable housing option you're looking for.

What's a Fair Price for a Privately Held Company?

By Shawn Hyde, International Society of Business Appraisers (ISBA) – Publicly traded companies are valued every day on the stock market. But how do private business owners determine what a fair price is to buy out their partners? At what price they should sell their company? What’s the value of a 10% ownership interest in …

Which is better, sealed or ported speakers?

Why do speakers have holes in them called ports and what's the best way to build a speaker? Ported, sealed, or passive radiator? Gives us his opinion on which construction is best.

Should you upgrade a speaker's crossover?

If you own a decent pair of loudspeakers but suspect they contain a cheezie crossover, is it worth one's time to replace and upgrade components?

Tips for Setting the Proper Crossover Frequency for a Subwoofer

How to set the right crossover frequency between a speaker and subwoofer to achieve the smoothest sound possible.

What is the Right Sound Level for Your Paging Speakers?

Whether it’s an emergency announcement or page in a school, how do you determine the speaker and amplifier required for a specific location? IP paging systems can provide exactly the right sound level to exactly the right location, but what is the right sound level? How loud does the emergency paging system need to …

LG has a levitating speaker because it's about time for gadgets to start flying

The THX Steerable Line Array: The speaker of the future?

THX engineers are working on a very different way to put sound in a room.

How does internal pressure affect speaker performance?

Speaker boxes have a great deal of internal pressure from the woofer. How does that affect performance?

How do dipole speakers make magic?

What shaped PS Audio's speaker designs?

There are perhaps as many ways to design and build a speaker as there are speaker models to buy: and that's a lot! What parameters did PS Audio choose to determine how to build their new speakers and why.

Real Estate Professionals: Need A Speaker For An Upcoming Meeting?

Auctions Can Set You Apart From Other Real Estate Professionals<br>Auctions do not replace what you do. What you do works and that's why you do it. We consider our process one arrow in your quiver of real estate selling tools. Auction is a process that is not for every property nor is it for every seller. An auction is unique and it's intended for your unique situations. Don't walk away from a client nor from the strong potential commission. Show your seller…

What does a speaker’s ‘waveguide’ do, and why does it matter?

A waveguide is more than just a fancy trim ring around a speaker's tweeter -- it has a massive effect on the speaker's sound.